Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the only character I own is John Kevins.
A/N: I fell in love with the series and simply had to write this, lol. This is my first POTC fiction, although not my first fic in general, so please be kind with me, read and review and let me know if you think something's wrong, ok?
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Chapter 1: Meeting John Kevins
Tia Dalma stood near the stairs, and everyone was looking up where two feet had appeared, then the mysterious captain started descending the steps.
Finally he was in front of them. He was a tall, black haired man. His eyes were brown, he had a sword and a gun on his hips. Looking at his face you could see he had been through lots of adventures, and since he was standing there, it was clear he had always come out alive.
Elizabeth couldn't stop thinking that he was handsome, in his own way. Maybe more than really handsome he was charming. And confident. You could see that from his face, he feared nothing.
"So" he finally spoke. "You lot are determined to go searching Captain Jack Sparrow, uh?" he said, looking everyone of them.
"Yes" they all answered.
"Ok, then. If you're willing to risk your life in the mission, let's go" the man said. "Oh, by the way, I'm Captain John Kevins" he added, extending his hand. After the presentations, they started to move, boarding on the boat they had come on to see Tia Dalma.
Once on the river, the captain guided them to his ship. It seemed fine, although maybe not used in years.
"Captain, if I can, why is your ship hidden here? It seems it is a lot you didn't use it"
"Young Turner" the man replied, "can you be in more places at the same time?"
Will shook his head.
"I suspected it. So, let's say I was far away from here on another ship, and now that I'm back, I'm boarding this one again. Welcome on the Silver Bullet, my dears"
It was a beautiful ship, with silver sails, and just seeing it you could bet it was damn fast. It was also well armed, as it had cannons on all the sides of it, even on the stern. And it was big. Elizabeth looked at it in awe, while Ragetti and Pintel were talking between themselves about its greatness.
Gibbs suddenly realised. "Of course! How could I have not recognised you immediately! You're THE Captain John Kevins, the one who scared the European fleets all around the world! You're a legend!"
The captain just smiled. "Yes, Gibbs, I can say I've done my fair share of pirating around the world. As for being a legend…Davy Jones is a real legend. There's not a sailor who doesn't know him or his story" he ended, with a bitter smile.
They worked hard to free the ship from the plants that had grown around it.
While working, the Captain told them some of his adventures. Elizabeth was particularly interested, as she ahd always loved the pirate stories, although she never expected to become part of one.
"…and so, that time in Puerto Rico, we managed to sack fifty merchant ships in three weeks. They called us "The Devil's Ship", but I've never really understood why. After all, we were just doing our honest pirating actions…"
Once they managed to take the sea, Gibbs neared John. "Captain, how will we find where Jack is?" he asked.
"Everyone has his tricks, don't you think Mr. Gibbs?" the captain said, winking. Then he opened a can on his belt and took a map, so that everyone could see.
Placing the map on the deck, he closed his eyes to concentrate, and a route started glowing on the map, from where they were to where Jack was supposed to be, trusting the object.
"See? Jack Sparrow has his compass, I've got my map…"
The whole crew, made of Gibbs, Cotton, Ragetti, Pintel, some men from Tia Dalma and obviously Will and Elizabeth, was left speechless.
"Come on, people. Do you want to find Sparrow or not? There's lots of things to do on board, this is not a cruise!" John suddenly shouted. Everyone was shaken from his daze and went back to his position.
"Mr. Gibbs, take the wheel" Kevins snarled then, before retreating to his cabin, a bottle of rum in his hand. "I'm going to get reacquainted with my cabin, it's passed too much time from the last time I've seen it" he added, taking a long swig of rum.
Once he was gone, Elizabeth walked towards Will.
"Why do pirates always have to drink rum?" she asked, disgusted.
"They have to pass the time in some way during the long journeys" he replied without even turning toward her.
"So, what do you think of him?" she insisted, trying to exchange some words with her fiancè, something she had not been really able to do since the Pearl had gone down.
"Seems fine enough. At least he is not like Barbossa" the young man replied before walking away. She sighed, wondering what was wrong with him.
"Will, what's the problem? Why are you not speaking to me?" she said, following him.
"Why? You don't know it?" he asked, ironically.
"No, I don't" she said, placing her hands on her hips. "You're acting like a spoiled brat, you know"
"We will talk later" he said, walking away. As much as he was angry, he would not embarrass her in front of the crew.
She stomped away, fuming. "I swear that man will drive me crazy" she thought, locking herself in her cabin.